Pants



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f PANTS l Fil-ed sept. 27, 194i4 4 sheets-sheet 5 reen/7575K@ Patented Mar. 18,1947 Y A UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE l PANTS Trent n. remy, charlottesville, va. Application September 27, 1941, Serial No. 412,670

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a pants garment and more particularly to pants for pajamas, slacks, lounging suits and the like.

This invention comprises a development of the garment shown in my prior patent, Reissue 21,803, wherein there is discloseda short-legged garment, the seat, adominal and leg regions of which are constituted by a blank of material so dimensioned as to be obtainable from a strip of woven cloth of ordinary width, with the weft of the cloth preferably running verticallyin the blank. The object of the present invention is to obtain the advantage of the prior arrangement, even in a long-legged garment without necessitating increase in the `weft-wise width of the material from which the blanks are cut.

As in the above noted prior patent, it is intended to provide a garment wherein the straight ofthe material from the lower ends of the pants to the waistband is disposed on the bias with the lines of the material in downwardly convergentJ V-formation. In the present instance, however, it is proposed to provide a main blank forming the hip, crotch `and leg regions of the garment and a subsidiary blank forming the abdominal and I upper hip region of the garment, the subsidiary blank maintaining the bias forma-tion of the cloth and the downwardly converging V-formation of the entire garment. Additionally it is proposed to provide a bias-cut garment having a plurality of blanks stitched together and wherein the lines of stitching connecting the blanks are also disposed in downwardly converging V-formation whereby to avoid any constraining or constricting of the relatively non-stretchable regions extending horizontally around the hips or lower abdomen of the wearer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pair of long-legged pants of woven material so formed as totake full advantage of the selvedge of the material in the formation of a seam eX- tending around the garment, yet avoiding any binding effect against the wearer which ordinarily results from increased resistanceto stretch of woven material along the seams. In keeping with this ojective, it is herein proposed to provide a garment formed by a series of blanks, from top to bottom, but having no seams, and no straights of material extending horizontally entirely around the body of the wearer.

Other .objectives include the formation of a garment wherein the material has a V-forming design characteristic which is both decorative and functional, and which may readily be cut and` assembled by relatively unskilled labor.

These and other objects will appear from th following specification and drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is afront elevation of the completed garment.

Fig. 2 is a. rear elevation of the garment shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the lay-out of the pattern on the piece of material.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a composite blank at one stage of the formation of the garment.

Fig. 5 is a detail, in perspective, illustrating a step in forming the fly,

Fig. 6 is a section taken along the lines E- 6 of Figure 5. V

Fig. 7 is a perspective showing the y element shown in Figs. 5 and 6 as it would be seen if removed and opened.

Fig. 8 is a detailed showing of iiy element shown in Figs. 5 to 7.

Fig. 9 is a perspective illustrating one step in forming the waistband.

Fig. 10 is an end view of the trated in Fig. 9; and

Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the mediately prior to completion.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, the pajama garment illustrated is comprised of a substantially triangular waistband 2 which overlies the upper abdominal region of the wearer, an intermediate abdominal region 4, a lower abdominal region 5, a fly 6 extending vertically along the median line of the garment, a crotch 8, left and right legs the completed waistband as illusgarment im# l0 and `I2 (as seen looking at the front) and left the median line of the garment and that seam` 10, described below, ioining the intermediate and lower abdominal regions of the garment, forms a downwardly convergent V in the front.

Figs. 3 and 4 diagrammatically illustrate the formation of the garment, the various elements being shown -on a reduced scale'and wherein seat 20, crotch 8, legs lll and I2, and lower abdominal region 5 of the garment are formed fromv a main blank 24 cut from a strip of material 22 having the straight of the fabric running parallel to selvedges 25; 21 and comprising upwardly convergent left and right sidel edges "26V and 2,8, re-` spectively, a straight top edge 66 extending along selvedge 25, left and right downwardly inclined edges 32 and 34 extending laterally at each side of the principal, straight portion 36 and connecting the top edge 36 with the side edges. At the lower side of the blank are left and right central bottom edges 36 and 38 formed by an inverted V-shaped gap between left and right leg bottom edges 46 and 42, respectively.

The intermediate abdominal region 4 of the garment is formed from left and right abdominal blanks 44 and 46, respectively, the left abdominal blank having an inclined left side edge 48, a horizontal top edge 56 extending along the straight of the material, a concave top edge portion 52, a vertical right hand edge 54 and a bottom edge 56 extending along the straight of the material. Conversely the right abdominal blank 46 has an inclined right edge 58, horizontal top edge 66, concave top edge portion 62, vertical left edge 64 and bottom straight edge 66, as shown best in Fig. 4.

The end edges 54 and 64 of the left and .right abdominal blanks 44, 46 are stitched together as shown at'68 and the bottom straight edges 66 and 66 are stitched, so as to form a seam `16, to the straight top edge 36 of main blank 24.

The fly ofthe garment is formed-by a W- shaped facing blank 12, having parallel left and right side edges 14 and 16, a V-notch 18 and a point 80 in the top edge, and a point 82 and V-notch 84 in the bottom edge.

Edge 16 of blank 12 is rst stitched to edge 48 by stitches 86 of abdominal blank 44 while blank 12 is held flat against abdominal blank 44, and then blank 12 is folded along the line 88 between point 86 and notch 64, as shown in Figs. and 6. Overlapping bottom edge of blank 12, which extends between point 82 and the apex of notch 84 are then stitched as shown in Fig. '7, which illustrates blank 12 at this stage as it would be seen if removed from blank 44. Finally blank 12 is turned partially to overlie the lefthand portion of blank 44 and edge 14 is stitched to the face of blank 44 by stitches 62 as shown in detail in Fig. 8, the lower edge of blank 12 between point 62 and edge 14 being stitched down along seam 16, as indicated at 63.

The righthand portion of abdominal blank 46 is faced with a patch 64 having side edges 66 and 68, as shown in Fig. 4. Edge 66 of the facing patch is stitched to edge 68 of abdominal blank 46, after which patch 94 is turned back along line 91 and edge 68 is stitched to abdominal blank 46 along dash lines |66.

Referring now to Figs. 9 and 10, the waistband 2 of the garment is formed by a generally triangular blank |64 having convergent edges |66 and |66, a straight top edge ||6 and short parallel edges ||2 and ||4 connecting straight top edge ||6 and converging edges |66 and |66. A second generally triangular blank H6 having converging edges l I8, |26 is stitched to blank |64 as shown at |22 and an elastic vbelt |24 is stitched in slightly stretched condition to blank |64 by stitches |26 and |28 adjacent the ends of the belt.

The garment is assembled by stitching the edges 32 and 34 together, thus to form the frontal median line of the garment ||2 as shown in Fig. 11, and thus to bring the opposite ends of seam 16 together at the front in downwardly converging V-formation.

`Next converging edges |66 and |63 of blank |64 are stitched to straight top edges 56 and 66 4 of the left and right abdominal blanks by lines of stitches |36, |32, with the lower point of blank |64 centered in notch 18 of facing blank 12, so

vthat the garment, at this stage, appears as in Fig. 11. Finally triangular blank ||6 is brought forwardly and downwardly, the edges H8 and |26 being turned under and stitched to edges 56 and 66 of the abdominal blanks, after which the garment is linished by stitching leg edges 36 and 28, 88 together by stitches 31, 86, respectively, folding and stitching cuis I4 and I6 to the bottoms of the legs by stitches l5 and 1, and stitching elastic belt I8 to concave edges 52 and 62, the ends of belt I8 being secured to edges ||2, |22 and H4, |23 of the triangles |64, H6 by stitches |36 and |46, respectively.

It is thus seen that while elastic belts I8 and |24, extending horizontally around the waist of the wearer, the front waistband section 2 limits the horizontal stretch of belt |24, thereby preventing hiking up of the garment in the front which would tend vto causebinding in the crotch and to distort the Y\/formation. Additionally, the horizontal and vertical forces exerted in tension on legs |6 and |2 or abdominal regions 6 extend along the -yieldable bias of the material rather than the straight, which is relatively nonstretchable. Particular' note should `be made that seam 16, except at the very center of the back of the garment, always extends at an angle to the horizontal dimensions. It has been found that with this arrangement, binding or climbing of the garment vis avoided.

By the novel construction these advantages are maintained even in a multiple blank assembly in accordance with this invention, the scope of which is not limited to the precise disclosure, but only in accordance with the following claims.

I claim:

l. In a pants garment, first blank means formed of woven Vfabric having the major portion of the upper edge thereof extending along the straight of the fabric, downwardly divergent side edges, downwardly convergent bottom edges, and a central cut-out of inverted U-shape between said bottom edges, second blank means formed of woven fabric, said second blank means being of less width than the first blank means and having a bottom edge extending along the straight of `the fabric, a seam connecting the lower edge of the second vblank means to the top edge of the first -blank means, said second blank means having a central concave upper edge portion and a straight upper edge portion extending along ythe straight of the fabric at each side of said concave upper edge portion, means securing said side edges of said rst blank means to the edges of said cut-out to form the legs of said garment, the free ends oi said seam being disposed in downwardly converging relationship across the iront of the garment, the ends of said second blank means forming the fly of said garment, facing means on the ends of said second blank means, a substantially triangular waistband having a downwardly disposed apex, and a second seam connecting the lower edges of said waistband to the straight lupper edge portions of said second blank means.

2. 7Ehe combination claimed in claim 1, the top edge of said first blank means having laterally extending .portions at each side, respectively, of said major portion, said laterally extending portions being secured to one Yanother to form the lower portion of the frontal median line of the garment.

3. The combination claimed in claim 1, the top edge of said rst blank means having laterally extending portions at each side, respectively, of said major portion, the side edges of said second blank means being substantially para11e1 with the side edges of said first blank means, one of said facing means comprising a piece of fabric having substantially V-shaped upper and lower edges and parallel side edges, one of the last-named side edges being stitched to one end edge of said second blank means and theadjacent portion of the V-shaped bottom edge being stitched to the adjacent laterally-extending portion of the top edge of said rst blank means, the V-shaped upper edge of said piece being secured to the apex of said waistband.

TRENT B. TERRY.

REFERENCES CITED The following references areof record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name `Date Re. 21,803 Terry May 13, 1941 213,405 Eighmie Mar. 18, 1879 592,696 Corin Oct. 26, 1897 1,513,750 Dolan Nov. 4, 1924 2,060,467 Krein Nov. 10, 1936 2,099,110 Green Nov. 16, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 5,578 Britain 1897 

